单词 | to go the limit |
释义 | > as lemmasto go the limit P7. colloquial. to go the limit: (a) to go to the extreme; (b) (Sport) to last the stated number of rounds or the full time; (c) to engage in sexual activity up to and including intercourse (cf. to go all the way at way n.1 and int.1 Phrases 1a(c)(i)). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > engage in sexual activity [verb (intransitive)] > have sexual intercourse > as opposed to kissing, petting, etc. to go all the way1924 to go the limit1925 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > boxing > box [verb (intransitive)] > last for stated time to go the limit1927 1904 Montgomery (Alabama) Weekly Advertiser 26 Aug. 4 We can always depend on Kansas to go the limit in the freak line. 1925 L. J. Smits Spring Flight viii. 89 I'd marry a girl who had gone the limit just as willingly as I would a strict one, perhaps a little sooner. 1927 Amer. Speech 3 29 The boxer ‘goes the limit’ if he succeeds in lasting the specified number of rounds. 1985 M. Baker Cops (1986) ii. 69 He was an angry fucking man who wasn't too bright and just went the limit, man. Went the limit. 2012 Wisconsin State Jrnl. (Nexis) 24 Feb. b2 Josh Wipperfurth was prepared to go the limit during the opening round of the WIAA individual state wrestling tournament. < as lemmas |
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